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Union adopts the Foreign Subsidies Regulation

Dated 14 December 2022: Union adopts the Foreign Subsidies Regulation. In the causal graph this event strengthens the driver Industrial-Policy Activism.

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Breton’s industrial shop argued the China case. Adoption is co-legislative. A screening power is not a finding of guilt in every tender.

Who was responsible

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  • Thierry Breton

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.45 · verified

    He supplied industrial politics. Competition services still apply the screen. Co-legislators enacted.

What changed

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    1. FactUnion adopts the Foreign Subsidies Regulation
    2. strengthensDriverIndustrial-Policy Activism

    impact weight 0.45 · Effect from 14 December 2022 · verified

    Foreign-subsidy screening increases directed industrial protection of the single market, with a partner-retaliation caveat.

Evidence

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Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Reuters — EU Foreign Subsidies RegulationReuters · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Regulation (EU) 2022/2560 — foreign subsidiesEUR-Lex · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Regulation (EU) 2022/2560 lets the Commission screen foreign subsidies in the single market.

Causal path

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  1. ActorThierry Breton
  2. contributed toFactUnion adopts the Foreign Subsidies Regulation
  3. strengthensDriverIndustrial-Policy Activism

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Factrail. (2026). Union adopts the Foreign Subsidies Regulation. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/eu-breton-foreign-subsidies-2022

https://factrail.ai/facts/eu-breton-foreign-subsidies-2022

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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